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NSER 7210 - Module 5 and 6 ExamQuestions And Answers Latest 2025
Briefly outline a mental status exam -
correct answer ✅Appearance (description of patient, Hygiene),
Speech, Behavior
Emotional state: subjective mood and objective affect
Sensory experience: Hallucinations, illusions
Thinking: Thought processes (flight of ideas, loose associations),
Thought content (expressing delusions, paranoia, compulsion, SI,
HI)
Cognitive processes: LOC, GCS, memory, concentration, insight)
Outline the combined assessment approach that includes both
medical and psychiatric assessments PS I LOVE AEIOU -
correct answer ✅Primary survey - ABCs as per framework
Safety and Security
Interventions - In addition to ABC, does the pt need chemical or
physical restraints
Level of certification in mental health act
On arrival chief complaint
Visual/auditory hallucinations and Verbal
ETOH or Drugs. and Eye contact
Affect/Appearance
,NSER 7210 - Module 5 and 6 Exam
Questions And Answers Latest 2025
Environment and precipitating Events
Ideations and Illusions, Insight
Order of thoughts, Overdose
Underdose (med compliance), Unusual behaviours
Outline the key points of the mental health act section 22 -
correct answer ✅Form 4 signed by EP. Involuntary x48hours, then
a second form completed by a different MD = Involuntary for 1
month
Patient must be notified of certification
Describe section 28 of the mental health act -
correct answer ✅Police can apprehend an individual and present
them for emergency assessment if it appears that the person is
acting in a manner likely to endanger their own safety or the safety
of others
The person must be seen by an MD who must sign a medical
certificate if indicated
The hospital may not restrain or hold the patient until the medical
certification is signed (Except in emergencies)
,NSER 7210 - Module 5 and 6 Exam
Questions And Answers Latest 2025
State the 4 criteria for someone to be medically certified under the
mental health act -
correct answer ✅1. Suffering from a mental disorder that seriously
impairs the person's ability to react appropriately to environment
or others
2. Requires psychiatric treatment
3. Requires care to prevent the person's substantial mental or
physical deterioration or for the person's own protection or
protection of others; and
4. Not suitable as a voluntary patient.
Describe schizophrenia -
correct answer ✅A group of psychiatric disorders involving chronic
or recurrent psychosis.
Positive symptoms: hallucinations or delusions; disorganized,
pressured speech
Negative symptoms: flat affect or poverty of speech, inability to
experience joy or pleasure
Cognition: impaired attention, memory and executive functions
Describe the treatment of schizophrenia and the side effects -
correct answer ✅CBT, Psychotherapy
, NSER 7210 - Module 5 and 6 Exam
Questions And Answers Latest 2025
First generation Antipsychotics (Haldol, Chlorpromazine) - Block
dopamine D2 receptor sites.
Side effects: Sedation, hypotension, akathesia, tardive dyskinesia
(jerky movements, lip smacking, rocking)
Atypical Antipsychotics (Clozapine, Loxapine, Olanzapine,
Risperidone) - Block several neurotranmsitters including serotonin
and dopamine.
Side effects: dysregulation of glucose and lipid levels,
agranulocytosis
Describe depression -
correct answer ✅Emotional states such as sadness, become
chronic and uncontrollable
Symptoms: Depressed mood, loss of interest/pleasure, change in
activity, guilt/worthlessness, fatigue, decreased concentration,
altered sleep, suicidal thoughts/action
*Most common mood disorder, leading cause of disability in US and
the world
* Two fold greater risk in women
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